title: Developing a web 2.0 diabetes care support system with evaluation from care provider perspectives.
abstract: Diabetes is a life-long illness condition that many diabetic patients end up with related complications resulted largely from lacking of proper supports. The success of diabetes care relies mainly on patient's daily self-care activities and care providers' continuous support. However, the self-care activities are socially bounded with patient's everyday schedules that can easily be forgotten or neglected and the care support from providers has yet been fully implemented. This study develops a Web 2.0 diabetes care support system for patients to integrate required self-care activities with different context in order to enhance patient's care knowledge and behavior adherence. The system also supports care managers in a health service center to conduct patient management through collecting patient's daily physiological information, sharing care information, and maintaining patient-provider relationships. After the development, we evaluate the acceptance of the system through a group of nursing staffs.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Hsiu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Rong-Rong
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sophie Huey-Ming
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hui-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Her-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care; D061108:Social Media; D012944:Social Support; D012985:Software Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult